Home Secretary ‘may have jeopardised trial’

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JOHN REID was accused yesterday of jeopardising the trial of terrorist suspects held over the alleged plot to blow up transatlantic flights.

Hours after the arrests the Home Secretary stated confidently that the police believed that those arrested, but not charged, were the key figures involved in a plot to attack the aircraft. He said that the police were confident “that the main players” had been accounted for.

Yesterday the Conservatives called on Mr Reid to mind his language and said that he could have prejudiced any trial. “The risk of jeopardising a trial is low but clearly it is